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Simplify -5 ¼ - (-7 ½)

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Answer:

2 1/4

Explanation:

-5 1/4- (-7 1/2)

to minus cancel each other out so it becomes a plus

-5 1/4 + 7 1/2

common dinomanater

-5 1/4 + 7 2/4

2 1/4

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